German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and journalist Markus Preiss, during the recording of the traditional ARD summer interview in Berlin, June 23, 2024. RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP
Olaf Scholz did not speak about the subject for a long time after Emmanuel Macron dissolved France’s Assemblée Nationale on the evening of the June 9 European elections. Now, he has. “I’m concerned about the elections that are going to take place in France, and I’ll say it clearly: I hope that parties other than…